Hello to all of our wonderful school families. I have been enjoying the photos and videos that many of you have shared with your teachers and to our Facebook page showing your delightful children participating in positive learning experiences at home. Whilst the current situation is different, what I have enjoyed is being able to spend more time with my own family with less hustle and bustle. I hope, on the most part, this is the same for you and your families.

Teachers here at school are delighting in calling you every day to check-in and offer support. The feedback from many families has been very positive and it is such a warm feeling knowing these relationships are positive for everyone involved. We are truly blessed here at Gympie Special with outstanding staff and families.

I don’t really want to talk much about curriculum as you are living and breathing the curriculum at home right now. Instead, I would like to offer some ideas around communication and every day interactions with your children in the home. Many of our student’s access communication support (AAC) using PODD, Proloquo2go on iPads and ALS boards, using any of these during everyday activities along with your talking conversations is beneficial for communication development as it adds a simplified visual support to the words spoken. Some suggestions about how you could do this in the home can be found in the images below. I hope you find them helpful.

Keep up the great work!